e INCOMING TELEGRAM ACTION COPY Department of Staf ERMANENT ijJ-CORD coPY 54-W SECRET Action Control Rec'd NEA Info ss FROM 0S0 WASH TO t Ot 3 _ re NO Secretary of State - NO 11 e K f FEBRUARYcfl t 3 ' f i 9 26 PM -ri u g SR G 020 l23Z FEBRUARY ARMY MESSAGE J _ r l rTl z f T1 SP 0 0 L o EUR AID PRIORITY 1 p ACTION NIACT USCINCEUR AG ANKARA DEPARTMENT USAF INFORMAT ION DEPARTMENT OF STATE Jes AMEMBASSY ANKARA l IOP INR RMR -L7372l OASD ISA ODMA SECDEF HAS MADE DECISION TO ADJUST THE F-10 G MAP TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FIRST AVAILABLE AIRCRAFT TO TURKEY IN APRIL 1963 THIS DECISION WAS BASED ON NECESSITY TO GIVE GO-AHEAD DATE TO OAF WHICH WOULD PERMIT PRELIMINARY PREPARATORY ACTIONS USG BARGAINI NG POSITION l t J CURRENT CRITICAL US TURKEY NEGOTIATIONS MUST BE PRESERVED TO MAXIMUM DEGREE CONS ISTENT WITH THESE REQUIRED PRELIMINARY ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRODUCT ION OF AIRCRAFT THEREFORE TURKISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ADVISED IN N AS FOLLOWS - w - A PRELIMINARY STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO PROVIDE FIRST AVAILABLE F-1o4G AIRCRAFT TO TURKEY IN APRIL 1963 B THIS ACCELERAT D DELIVERY DATE WILL BECOME FIRM UPON SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION OF CURRENT US TURKEY NEGOTIATIONS c TURKISH ARMED FORCES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE ACTlVITIES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE EARLY DELIVERY DATE OPT ION IMPLEMENT ING INSTR UCT IONS WILL BE PROV IDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE pY THE OAF DECLASSIFIED 0 Authority c tJJJO 'l3° $ A5 SIGNCO TO NAMC OF OF -ICU• a 0 - - 1CIE SY M OL ACTION GPO 930 500 -t C